Amarna

/əˈmɑːrnə/ noun

Definition

An ancient Egyptian city and capital built by Pharaoh Akhenaten, known for its revolutionary art style and religious changes around 1350 BCE.

Etymology

From the modern Arabic name for the site in upper Egypt where the city was located. The ancient Egyptian name was Akhetaten, meaning 'horizon of the Aten.' The term was Latinized and adopted by Egyptologists in the 19th century.

Kelly Says

Amarna represents one of history's most dramatic religious revolutions—Akhenaten suddenly declared the sun disk (Aten) the only god, shaking a 2,000-year-old religious system. The art from Amarna broke all the rules too, showing the pharaoh as a real person with a potbelly and family, which shocked Egyptians who expected perfect, rigid depictions.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አማርና
ah-mah-rnah
ARالعربية
أَمَرْنَا
Amr-nah
BNবাংলা
আমারনা
ah-mah-rah-nah
CACatalà
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
CSČeština
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
DADansk
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
DEDeutsch
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
ELΕλληνικά
Αμαρνά
ah-mah-rnah
ESEspañol
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
FAفارسی
امرنا
am-rah-nah
FISuomi
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
FRFrançais
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
GUGU
અમરના
ah-mah-rnah
HAHA
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
HEעברית
אמרנה
am-rah-nah
HIहिन्दी
अमरना
ah-mar-nah
HUMagyar
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
IDBahasa Indonesia
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
IGIG
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
ITItaliano
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
JA日本語
アマルナ
amaru-na
KKKK
Амарна
Amar-nah
KMKM
អាម៉ារណា
ah-mah-rah-nah
KO한국어
아마르나
a-ma-re-na
MRMR
अमरना
ah-mar-nah
MSBahasa Melayu
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
MYမြန်မာ
အမာရနာ
ah-mah-rah-nah
NLNederlands
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
NONorsk
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
PAPA
ਅਮਰਨਾ
ah-mah-rnah
PLPolski
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
PTPortuguês
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
RORomână
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
RUРусский
Амарна
Amar-na
SVSvenska
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
SWKiswahili
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
TAதமிழ்
அமர்நா
am-ar-nah
TEతెలుగు
అమర్నా
am-ar-nah
THไทย
อามาร์นา
ah-mah-rah-nah
TLTL
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
TRTürkçe
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
UKУкраїнська
Амарна
Amar-na
URاردو
امرنا
am-rah-nah
VITiếng Việt
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
YOYO
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah
ZH中文
阿玛纳
ā mǎ nà
ZUZU
Amarna
ah-mah-rnah

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